Phase-Transfer and Stabilization of Highly Monodisperse Ferrite Nanoparticles into Polar Solvents by Ligand Exchange Synthesis
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Dominika Zákutná1, Dirk Honecker1, Sabrina Disch2
1Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
Cobalt ferrite nanoparticles with controlled particle size are transferred from nonpolar into polar solvent by exchange of the as-synthesized oleic acid ligand shell with polyacrylic acid (PAA). The nanoparticles are highly monodisperse (σlog < 6%), and the ligand exchange synthesis has no measurable effect on particle size, shape, or size distribution. The stability of the aqueous particle dispersion without significant interparticle correlations as observed using small-angle X-ray scattering confirms the successful phase-transfer.
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